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Recent Examples of wiggle room
Smaller hospitals have less wiggle room to negotiate.
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Alana Semuels, Time, 1 July 2025
Baseball’s slot values offer some wiggle room, unlike rookie contracts in the NFL and NBA, where first-round picks are tied to those leagues’ salary caps and are largely set in stone.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
That would still leave them with plenty of cap wiggle room to add a bigger difference maker to play with Matthews at some point and still inject a few more goals and playmaking on the third or fourth line.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Even though the charter has, for decades, been interpreted to allow two-term council members turned two-term mayors, the language leaves some wiggle room for legal battle, Chandler deputy city attorney Tawn Kao said at the May 22 meeting.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 7 July 2025
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Alana Semuels, Time, 1 July 2025
Baseball’s slot values offer some wiggle room, unlike rookie contracts in the NFL and NBA, where first-round picks are tied to those leagues’ salary caps and are largely set in stone.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
That would still leave them with plenty of cap wiggle room to add a bigger difference maker to play with Matthews at some point and still inject a few more goals and playmaking on the third or fourth line.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Even though the charter has, for decades, been interpreted to allow two-term council members turned two-term mayors, the language leaves some wiggle room for legal battle, Chandler deputy city attorney Tawn Kao said at the May 22 meeting.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiggle room
Noun
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Without in-home help, and sometimes even with it, family caregivers − frequently mothers − often pick up the slack, switching jobs or leaving their careers behind to care for their kids with special needs.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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Lower rates would not be very inflationary in an economy with substantial slack, but currently unemployment is low and businesses have little excess capacity.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
Noun
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The town has long been a welcoming space for the LGBTQ+ community, and that openness shows up in everything from the art to the hospitality to the food.—
Keyla Vasconcellos,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Event spaces are also getting an upgrade, with the inclusion of an esports gaming area and new conference rooms.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle%20room. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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